Velocipede



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VELOGIPEDE.

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No. 321.910. Patented July 7, 1885.

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VELOGIPEDE;

No. 321,910. Patented July 7, 1885.

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WILLIAM E. NYE, OF MONMOUTI-I, ILLINOIS.

VELOCIPEDE.

ZSJECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,910, dated July '7, 1885.

Application filed February 2, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. NYE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monmouth, in the county of \Varren and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Velocipcdes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. v

This invention relates to velocipedes; and it consists, mainly, in the use of an epicyclic train of gear, by means of which a single rotation of the driving-shaft may be made to impart two rotations to the traction-wheel.

The invention further consists in constructions and combinations by means of which the epicyclic train for producing aggregate motion is applied to this class of carriages, as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention, and in which the similar letters of reference apply to the like parts in all of the figures, Figure I is a perspective of a bicycle embodying my invention; Fig. 2, an enlarged sectional elevation of the parts adjacent to the drive-shaft of Fig. 1, showing the epicyclic train in elevation. Fig. 3 is an e11- larged sectional elevation of the epicyclic train and adjacent parts.

The construction and relative arrangement of the parts of the improvement and the adjacent parts of one class of velocipedes in which said improvements may be incorporated are as follows:

Ais abicycle-wheel with two sets of spokes, a a, set bracing to each other and otherwise constructed in the ordinary manner, except as hereinafter described. Bis the fork or frame with branches 1) Z) astride the wheel; B, the head; O,the-saddle; D, steeringapparatus; E, backbone; F, back wheel; G, drive-shaft with bearings in the fork B and provided with a crank, g, and pedal 9 on each end.

The foregoing parts, described by letter, constitute parts of an ordinary bicycle.

The epicyclic train consists of the three miter-wheels H I J. The wheel I is journaled on an arm, 17, which arm is fixed or secured to the shaft G by a collar, i, and set-screw i.

The wheel J is fixed, or is a dead-wheel. V

The wheel H is loose on the shaft G; hence one rotation of the shaft G will rotate the wheel H twice in the ordinary manner of this class of gear for producing aggregate motion.

In adapting this epicyclic train to use in this class of carriages the branch b of the fork B has a boss, b, projecting from one side, to which boss the wheel J is keyed or otherwise secured to hold it in a fixed position.

The hub K is made in two parts, 7c. The part kreceives one set of spokes, and is loosely fitted so as to turn freely on the boss I). The part 70 is fixed, or secured to the wheel H so as to rotate on the shaft G with the wheel H, and one set of the double row or bracing spokes is secured to the part k,- hence the wheel A will be rotated With the wheel or pinion H twice to each single rotation of the driveshaft G. It will be readily seen that the wheel H may be made the fixed wheel and the wheel J the loose wheel, and that whichever part, It or 7a, of the hub communicates motion to the wheel through the spokes connected therewith will communicate motion to the other part, 70 or 70, as the case maybe, through the instrumentality of the spokes connected with it.

The parts 70 7c of the hub have projecting annular flanges l, to which a casing, L, is secured for inclosing the wheels H I J. The casing L is made in two parts, as shown, to facilitate its removal from and replacing on the hub. The casing Lnot only acts as a dirt shield or cover for the epicyclic train, but, connected as it is with the two parts It and k of the hub, great-1y strengthens the wheel, as is found necessary in this class of wheel, in which each endof the hub, with its spokes, is disconnected from the other end.

I have shown my invention as applied to one construction of bicycle. It will be evident to any one skilled in the art and familiar with the principles of my invention that it may not only be applied to any class of bicycle, but to any velocipede or carriage propelled by a shaft which is actuated by a crank, by pedallevers, or other means.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

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1. In a velocipede, in combination with naled to the frame 13 and the other part of the drive-shaft and epieyclie train, the frame which is fixed to another wheel of the train, B, having boss b on the drive-shaft, and to and the two parts is and k connected by a eas- 1 5 which one of the wheels of the train is diing, L, which is formed in two parts, substan- 5 rectly attached, the hub K, having part I; jourtially as described.

naled on boss b and part It" jonrnaled on the In testimony whereof I affix my signature in drive-shaft, and a casing, L, connecting said presence of two witnesses. parts is and k, substantially as described. w T 7 2. In a velocipede, in combination with WILLIAM 10 the drive-shaft and epicyelic train, the frame W'itnesses:

B, fixed to one of the wheels of the train, and J. G. MADDEN, the two-part hub, one part of which is jonr- I G. V. ELLS. 

